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Table of Contents
1 Cover
4 Preface
6 Authors
8 CHAPTER 1: Fecal Examination for the Diagnosis of Parasitism COLLECTION OF FECAL SAMPLES STORAGE AND SHIPMENT OF FECAL SAMPLES FECAL EXAM PROCEDURES QUALITY CONTROL FOR FECAL EXAM PROCEDURES USE OF THE MICROSCOPE PSEUDOPARASITES AND SPURIOUS PARASITES IDENTIFICATION OF NEMATODE LARVAE RECOVERED WITH FECAL FLOTATION OR BAERMANN PROCEDURES TECHNIQUES FOR EVALUATION OF STRONGYLID NEMATODES IN GRAZING ANIMALS PARASITES OF DOMESTIC ANIMALS
9 CHAPTER 2: Detection of Protozoan and Helminth Parasites in the Urinary, Reproductive, and Integumentary Systems and in the Eye TECHNIQUES FOR PARASITE RECOVERY
10 CHAPTER 3: Detection of Parasites in the Blood IMMUNOLOGIC AND MOLECULAR DETECTION OF BLOOD PARASITES MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION OF BLOOD FOR PROTOZOAN PARASITES MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION OF BLOOD FOR NEMATODE PARASITES BLOOD PARASITES OF DOGS AND CATS BLOOD PARASITES OF LIVESTOCK AND HORSES BLOOD PARASITES OF BIRDS
11 CHAPTER 4: Immunodiagnostic and Molecular Diagnostic Tests in Veterinary Parasitology IMMUNODIAGNOSTIC METHODS IN PARASITOLOGY MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC METHODS IN PARASITOLOGY
12 CHAPTER 5: Diagnosis of Arthropod Parasites SUBCLASS ACARI (MITES AND TICKS) CLASS INSECTA
13 CHAPTER 6: Parasites of Fish TECHNIQUES FOR RECOVERY OF ECTOPARASITES RECOVERY OF ENDOPARASITES PARASITES OF FISH
14 CHAPTER 7: Treatment of Veterinary Parasites INTRODUCTION ANTHELMINTICS ECTOPARASITICIDES PROTOZOAL TREATMENT NON‐TRADITIONAL TREATMENTS
15 CHAPTER 8: Diagnostic Dilemmas
16 Bibliography
17 Index
List of Tables
1 Chapter 1Table 1.1. Approximate specific gravity of some common helminth eggsTable 1.2. Comparison of commonly used flotation solutionsTable 1.3. Morphologic characteristics of infective third‐stage strongylid la...Table 1.4. Morphologic characteristics of infective third‐stage strongylid la...Table 1.5. Representative treatments for selected parasites of dogs Table 1.6. Representative treatments for selected parasites of catsTable 1.7. Representative treatments for selected parasites of ruminants and ... Table 1.8. Common Eimeria species of cattle Table 1.9. Common Eimeria species of sheep Table 1.11. Representative treatments for selected parasites of horses Table 1.12. Representative treatments for selected parasites of swine
2 Chapter 3Table 3.1. Average diameters of erythrocytesTable 3.2. Characteristics of Dirofilaria spp. and other microfilariae found in...
3 Chapter 4Table 4.1. Calculation of the diagnostic accuracy of a test (sensitivity, specifi...
4 Chapter 5Table 5.1. Microscopic characteristics of some mites important in veterinary ...
5 Chapter 7Table 7.1. Common administration routes for anthelminticsTable 7.2. Examples of withdrawal times for selected anthelminticsTable 7.3. Common administration routes for insecticides and acaricides used ...Table 7.4. Common administration routes for insecticides and acaricides used ...
List of Illustrations
1 Chapter 1Fig. 1.1 Centrifuge tube filled with flotation solution to the top and cover...Fig. 1.2 McMaster slide used in the modified McMaster procedure for quantita...Fig. 1.3 (A) The traditional Baermann apparatus consisting of a suspended fu...Figs 1.4–1.6 The importance of small changes in the microscope focus can be ...Fig. 1.7 A typical ocular